Northrop Grumman's 1st 'Cygnus XL' cargo spacecraft departs the space station

The first mission of Northrop Grumman's big new cargo spacecraft is nearly over. That freighter, known as Cygnus XL, left the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday morning (March 12), ending a nearly six-month orbital stay for the 23rd Northrop Grumman (NG-23) resupply mission to the orbital laboratory. Secured on the station's Canadarm2 after detaching from its berth on the Earth-facing port of the Unity module, the spacecraft was released at 7:06 a.m. EST (1105 GMT). More

(Source: Space.com - Mar 13)